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Eastern Illinois University
The Keep
Fall 2005
Fall 8-15-2005
ENG 2603-001
Timothy Shonk
Eastern Illinois University
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English 2603
Fall 2005
Policies and Procedures
Shonk
Dr. Timothy A. Shonk
3060 Coleman Hall
E-mail: [email protected]
Office Hours: MWF 9:30-11, 3-3:30
TR
1-3
Phone: 5 81-6310
Textbooks:
Classical Mythology, 2nd edition, Harris and Platzner
Metamorphoses, Ovid
The Odyssey, Homer
The Oresteia, Aeschylus
Goals of the Course:
The course is designed to acquaint students with the myths of the ancient Greek and
Roman periods and to introduce students to the ways of thinking embodied in myths. The
course will also provide students with some basic backgrounds of the Greek and Roman
eras, as well as provide experience in interpreting myth through various approaches.
Students will demonstrate their achievement of these goals in written exams and quizzes.
Course Grade:
Hourly Exams (two @ 20% each)
Quizzes
Final Exam
Attendance and participation
40%
20%
30%
10%
Attendance:
Attendance is expected daily. While points are not necessarily deducted for each missed
day, repeated absences will affect that 10% segment of your final grade designated above.
In the case of official absences or emergencies, missed work must be made up within one
week of one's return to class. Unexcused absences do not allow one to make up any
missed work.
The attendance and participation grade is not a "gift grade." One does not begin with an
A in this segment and then have points deducted. Rather, students build the grade to an A
by faithful attendance, by preparation for classes, and by involvement in discussions,
Simply being in class will not bring you an A in this category. Answering, discussing,
and, especially, asking good questions will.
English 2603
Course Syllabus
Fall 2005
Shonk
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
22
Introduction to the course
24
The Nature of Myth, CM 6-25
26
Interpreting Myth, CM27-46
29
In the Beginning, CM 49-66; M9-20
31
The Goddess, CM84-95; M9-20
2
Demeter (Ceres), CM 101-08
5
Labor Day--No Classes
7
Poseidon (Neptune), CM 127-28; M67-73
9
Apollo, CM 158-64; M28-33
12
Apollo, CM164-71; M390-92, 426-31
14
Dionysus (Bacchus), CM 184-92
16
Dionysus, CM192-99; M117-20, 126-28
19
Orpheus, CM 192-99;
21
EXAM I
23
Artemis (Diana), CM99-101; M99-104, 217-25
26
Athena (Minerva), Hephaestus (Vulcan), CM 129-32, 137; M 210-17
28
Aphrodite (Venus), CM137; M394-96, 407-19
30
Ares, CM 138
M 382-86, 422-26
3
Hermes (Mercury), CM 134-3 7; M 109-16, 144-50
5
Hades (Pluto), The Underworld, CM 128, 205-20
7
Fall Break--No Classes
10
The Hero, CM228-32
Syllabus
Oct.
Nov.
12
Minos, Daedalus, CM246-47; M294-306
14
Heracles (Hercules), CM237-45
17
Heracles, M 339-52
19
Perseus, CM232-36, M161-86
21
Oedipus, CM610-21
24
Oedipus (cont.)
26
Jason, CM 249-53
28
Theseus, CM 245-49
31
EXAM II
2
The Trojan War, CM255-58
4
The Iliad, CM 259-64
7
The lliad, CM264-71
9
The Odyssey, Books I-IV
11
The Odyssey, Books V-VIII
14
The Odyssey, Books IX-XII
16
The Odyssey, Books XIII-XVI
18
The Odyssey, Books XVII-XX
21-25
Thanksgiving Break--No Classes
28
The Odyssey, Books XXI--XXIV
30
The Oresteia
2
The Oresteia
5
The Oresteia
Dec.
7-9
The Aeneid, CM 794-80
2